Völkermord

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Etymology

From Völker +‎ Mord. Occasional use from at least 1759; in the Napoleonic era popularised as a calque of the French revolutionary term populicide (1792). The German was calqued into English as folk-murdering by 1892. Both the French and the German may have influenced the younger genocide (1944).

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  • Hyphenation: Völ‧ker‧mord

Noun

Völkermord m (strong, genitive Völkermordes or Völkermords, plural Völkermorde)

  1. genocide
    Synonym: Genozid
    Antonyms: Völkerverständigung, Völkeraussöhnung
    • 1759, Anton Leopold von Oelsnitz, Geschichte des Polybius, Theil 4, page 221:
      Nichts ist vermögender unsere Herzhaftigkeit zu reitzen, und uns zur Rache zu bringen, als die Feuersbrünste, die von dem Völkermord begleitet werden. [the context being Hannibal's campaign in Italy]
    • 1809, Franz Xaver Amand Berghofer, Verbothene Schriften, page 20:
      Wie lange noch werden sie bey ihren Unterthanen die Todsünde eines Menschenmords kriminalisch bestrafen, und selbst -- Völkermord begehen?

Declension

Declension of Völkermord
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Völkermord die Völkermorde
genitive eines des Völkermordes, Völkermords der Völkermorde
dative einem dem Völkermord, Völkermorde1 den Völkermorden
accusative einen den Völkermord die Völkermorde

1Now rare, see notes.

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